Road-smoother.



W. P. MOORE.

ROAD SMOOTHER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1911.

1,01 1,230. Patented Dec.12,1911.

Snow H201,

OLUMUIA PLANOGRAPH co. WASHINGTON. 01 c.

WALTER P. MOORE, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

ROAD-SMOOTI-IER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 14, 1911.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911. Serial No. 633,084.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER P. MOORE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State ofCalifornia, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inRoad-Smoothers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to road drags or road smoothers, the object ofthe invention being to provide an improved device of this characterwhich will efiicient-ly smooth or level a road, one that will be strongand rigidly constructed and one in which old wagon tires may be utilizedto form the road engaging elements.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of a road drag orsmoother, constructed in accordance with the invention, Fig. 2 is a sideelevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of theroad engaging members.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawing.

Referring to the drawing, the numerals 5 and 6 designate crossed bars towhich a substantially diamond shaped frame 7 preferably of tubing, issecured. The bar 6 at its forward end has a clevis 8 attached thereto toprovide means for the attachment of a swingle-tree or other means fordrawing the drag along the road to be smoothed.

The actual road engaging elements 9 are preferably formed of wide wagontires and may be formed of discarded Wagon tires if desired, these tiresbeing cut away at 10 to leave openings at the rear sides of the roadengaging members, to permit the escape of any dirt that collects insideof said members. The members 9 are disposed with theirconvex closedfaces toward the front of the drag, these faces causing the dirt to movein opposite directions and around the sides of said members, it beingapparent that a portion of the path of movement of the front member isoverlapped by the path of movement of the members in the rear thereof,whereby the road is efficiently smoothed. It will be apparent from aninspection of the drawing that a drag of this character may be veryeconomically manufactured and will be very rigid and strong. The members9 are secured to the frame 7 by means of fastening devices 11 which passthrough the frame 7 and through L-shaped lugs 12 carried by the members9.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple andefficient means are herein provided for accomplishing the objects of theinvention, but while the elements shown and described are well adaptedto serve the purposes for which they are intended, 'it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the precise constructionset forth, but includes within its purview such changes as may be madewithin the scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

In a device of the character described the combination with a pair ofbars crossed at right angles to each other and united to a diamondshaped frame the extremities of said bars being secured to the diamondshaped frame at the corners of said frame, of a plurality of scraperelements lying beneath the said diamond shaped frame, each of saidelements comprising the major portion of a circle, having their openportions disposed rearwardly, and means for securing said scraperelements to the diamond shaped frame and to said bars, said scraperelements being disposed in such manner that the rearmost of saidelements overlaps the path of movement of the scraper elements in frontof it.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER P. MOORE.

Witnesses:

G. U. FRY, H. M. VOLLMER.

Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

